Our purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and personal social services to the population of Ireland. Our vision is a healthier Ireland with a high quality health service valued by all.
Our Workforce
The health service is the largest employer in the state with over 110,000 whole time equivalents (WTEs) (not including home helps) employed. Over 70,000 are employed directly by the HSE with the remaining 40,000 employed
by voluntary hospitals and agencies.
Our vision for healthcare is to put people at the heart of everything we do – we are committed to delivering high quality safe healthcare to our service users, communities and the wider population. Our staff are at the core of the delivery of healthcare services, working within and across all care settings in communities, hospitals and healthcare offices.
Bluebird Care one of Irelands leading health and social care providers was set up in Ireland in 2007. We pride ourselves in providing high quality safe and effective care in the home and community, for persons of all ages with varying degrees of ability.
Bluebird Care place the customer at the heart and center of every interaction providing care and support with kindness, compassion, consideration and respect.
Bluebird Care provides direct care to customers on behalf of the HSE and other agencies in addition to providing services to customers in a private capacity. Our services enable our customers to live as independent a life as possible in the comfort of their own homes.
Pobal works on behalf of the Government of Ireland to support communities and local agencies toward achieving social inclusion and development.
The role of Pobal today is to provide management and support services to circa 38 programmes in the areas of Social Inclusion and Equality, Inclusive Employment and Enterprise, and Early Years and Young People. We administer these programmes on behalf of the Department of Rural and Community Development, Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE), Department of Social Protection, as well as the Department of Health, Department of Justice/Probation Service and a number of EU bodies.
Registered Charity Number: 200296009